Agricultural implement.



v PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

W. J. ORR. 'AGRIGULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14 1906 WILLIAM J. ORR, OF WESTPLAINS, MISSOURI.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed .luly 14,1906. Serial No. 326,290.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be, it known that I, WILLIAM J. ORR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westplains, in the county of Howell and StateOf Missouri, have invented a new and useful Agricultural Implement, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to an; improvement 1n agrlcultural implements, and has for its moving each weed therefrom as it is ex-- tracted.

The invention consists of certain features of construction hereinafter set forth and claimed.

.In the drawings, in which the preferred form is shown: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same showing a portion thereof in section. Fig. 3 is a cross section of the cylinder taken onlipe 33 of Fig. 1. Fig.

,4 is aside view showing the angle made by the foot piece, aaI'dFig. 5 is a cross section on the line 55' of Fig. 1.

. Similar reference numerals designate corre sponding' parts in' all the figures of the draw,- ings length. Mounted on the lower end thereof, is a downwardly tapered open-ended metallic cylinder 2, the lower edge of which forms a cutting-edge 3. The cylinder is preferably made of steel, and when roundedmto form, the two meeting side edges thereof produce the vertical slit 4. The cylinder is firmly held in engagement with the handle by means of the tang 5, which is integral with the cylinder and inc eases in diameter until it reaches the point 5*, located midway between the top of thecylinder and lower end of the handle, at which place the. tang assumes a cylindrical form. Mounted on the lower end of the handle is the bushing 6.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a tool-handle of the usual type and ordinary which is inset so that its outer surface lies flush with the handle. On this bushing is mounted the ferrule 7, which serves to prevent the handle from splitting when the tang is forced into the handle.

An angular shaped foot-piece 8 is attached at one endto the handle and at the other end to the tang. piece 8 that engages the handle is of a rectangular shape, and is securely held in posi tion by being passed transversely through and having the end clenched against the handle, as shown at 8 The lower portion of the foot-piece that engages the tang is flattened and tapered to the end, as shown by 8. It en ages the outer'side of the tang to insure a ee passage for the blocks of grass, weeds, etc, which may be extracted; and is bent around thetang midway of the tapered portion and coacts therewith to prevent both longitudinal and lat ral movegient of the cylinder with respec to the han- By referring to Figs. 4 and 5, it will be noted that the tang 5 extends u from one side of the cylinder or cutter, w ich causes the handle to be disposed atone side of the center of the cylinder or cutter, and this eccentric disposition ofthe handle with referonce to the cylinder or cutter is iinportant,as it permits a free discharge of the weeds from the to of the cylinder or cutter. The footpiece eing arranged at rightangles to the cylinder or cut'ter, does not interfere with the described operation of the latter. In other words, the top of the cylinder or cutter -is entirely unobstructed-by either the handle or the foot-piece. y

The practical operation of the tool Wlll be readily understood? After placing the cylinder over the crown of a weed or lant, it is forced into the earth .to a'depth o from one to three inches by pressure exerted on the foot-piece. The cylinder is then withdrawn b a slight bend and pull, with the weed or p ant and the surrounding soil remaining therein. On the operation beingrepeated, the first weed or plant is forced out the cylinder from the top, by the pressure exerted by the incoming weed or plant,

In patching bare places in lawns, etc-., a few holes are made in the bare places by the tool; an equal number of grass blocks are then secured by the described process, and placed in the holes previously made.

That portion of the foot- It will be noted that the foot-piece not only performs its usual functions, but it acts as a brace for the cylinder and holds the me rigidly in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I wish to claim as new, and secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A tool of the class described, comprising a handle, a cutter mounted on the lower end thereof, and a foot-piece connecting the handle and cutter.

2. A tool of the class described, comprising a handle, a downwardly ta cred metallic cylinder mounted on the hand e, and a footpiece connecting the handle and cylinder.

3. A tool of the class described, comprising a handle, an open-ended cylinder located at the lower end thereof, and an angularshaped foot-piece engaging the handle and the cylinder.

4. A tool of the class described, comprising a handle, a -rnetallic cylinder having a tang integral therewith and engaging the handle, and a foot-piece, one end. of which engages the handle by being passed therethrough and clenched, and the other end thereof is secured to the tang.

' 5. A tool of the class described, comprising a handle, a split metallic cylinder, a tang integral with the cylinder and secured to the handle, and a foot-piece having one end thereof engaging the handle, and the other end flattened and tapered and bent around the tang.

6. A tool of the class described, comprisp,

ing a handle, a cutting cylinder attached to the handle, anda foot-piece mounted on the handle, and the cylinder, so that both longitudinal and lateral movement of the cylinder with respect to the handle is prevented.

7. In a weeder, a handle, a cutter secured to the handle, and a foot-piece engaging both the cutter and the handle, the upper ortion of the foot-piece passing through the liandle, and the lower portion thereof engaging the tang directly over the cylinder.

8. In a tool of the class described, a handle, an open-ended cylinder arranged eccentrically to the handle and having a tang connected to the handle, and a foot-piece connected to the handle and the tang and arranged at one side of both.

'9. In a device of the class described, the

I handle, in combination with the openended cylinder having its lower end constituting a cutting edge and a portion of its upper end terminating in a tang, said cylinder being connected to the handle bymeans of the tang so as to be disposed in eccentric relation thereto, and a'foot piece attached to the handle and the tang and arranged at right angles to the cylinder.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aifixed my signz'iture in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM J. ORR.

Witnesses:

O. B. SAUNDERS, J. McB. JOHNSON. 

